Dr. Canghai Ma, Full Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. Prof. Ma obtained his bachelor degree in Applied Chemistry and master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2012. He worked as Research Scientist at Air Liquide from 2012-2017 and Project Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2017 to 2019. In 2020, he joined Dalian University of technology and was awarded as young talents including "LiaoNing Xing-Liao Talent Program" and "DUT Xinghai Program".

Prof. Ma obtained his PhD degree under the guidance of Prof. William J. Koros, an US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) member, and has been committed to the research of advanced membrane materials, membrane separation technology and membrane industrial application. He has published papers as the first author or corresponding author on prestigious journals, including Nat. Commun., Adv. Funct. Mater., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, ChemSusChem, J. Membr. Sci., and Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. Prof. Ma has filed more than 10 patents and holds 5 U.S. patents and 1 Chinese patent.

The research group welcomes undergraduate, graduate and postdoc with background in chemistry, materials, and/or chemical engineering to join the group all year round. 

PS: For those seriously interested in a MS/PhD position in our lab, please ensure to include a Statement of Research Interests and contact information for two referee, one of which shall be the thesis advisor.

Contact information: cma@dlut.edu.cn

Publications：

Ÿ  X. Chen, Y. Fan, L. Wu, L. Zhang, D. Guan, C. Ma*, N. Li*，Ultra-selective molecular-sieving gas separation membranes enabled by multi-covalent-crosslinking of microporous polymer blends, Nat. Commun. 12, 6140 (2021)  (IF=14.919), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26379-5

Ÿ  L. Wu, X. Chen, Z. Zhang, S. Xu, C. Ma*, N. Li*, “Enhanced molecular selectivity and plasticization resistance in ring-opened Tröger's base polymer membranes”, J. Membr. Sci., 634 (2021) 119399 (IF=8.742)

Ÿ  X. Yang, W. Zheng, Y. Xia, W. Guan, X. Yan, X. Ruan, C. Ma, Y. Dai, G. He, "Constructing low-resistance and high-selectivity transport multi-channels in mixed matrix membranes for efficient CO2 separation", J. Membr. Sci., 624 (2021) 119046 (IF=8.742)

Ÿ  C. Ma, X. Li, J. Zhang, Y. Liu, J.J. Urban, “Pyrazine-fused porous graphitic framework-based mixed matrix membranes for enhanced gas separations”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12(14): 16922-16929 (IF=9.229)

Ÿ  L. Hackl, C. Hsu, M. Gordon, K. Chou, C. Ma, M. Kolaczkowski，C. Anderson，Y. Liu，J. Guo, P. Ercius, J.J. Urban, “Sugar-alcohol@ZIF nanocomposites display suppressed phase-change temperatures”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 23795 (IF=12.732)

Ÿ  C. Ma, J. J. Urban, “Hydrogen-­bonded polyimide/metal­-organic framework hybrid membranes for ultra­-fast separations of multiple gas pairs”, Adv. Funct. Mater.,2019, 29, 1903243 (IF=18.808)

Ÿ  C. Ma, J. J. Urban, “Enhanced CO2 capture and hydrogen purification byhydroxy metal-organic framework/polyimide mixed matrix membranes”, ChemSusChem., 2019, 12, 4405-4411 (IF=8.928)

Ÿ  C. Hsu, C. Ma, N. Bui, Z. Song, A. Wilson, R. Kostecki, K. Diederichsen, B. McCloskey, J.J. Urban, “Enhanced forward osmosis desalination with a hybrid ionic liquid/hydrogel thermo-responsive draw agent system”, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 4296-4303 (IF=3.512)

Ÿ  C. Ma, W. J. Koros, “Physical aging of ester-cross-linked hollow fiber membranes for natural gas separations and mitigation thereof”, J. Membr. Sci., 551 (2018) 214-221 (IF=8.742)

Ÿ  C. Ma, J. J. Urban, “Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs) Gas Separation Membranes: a mini Review”, Proc. Nat. Res. Soc., 202002 (2018) 1-19

Ÿ  S. Fu, G. Wenz, E. Sanders, S. Kulkarni, W. Qiu, C. Ma, W. J. Koros, “Effects of pyrolysis conditions on gas separation properties of 6FDA/DETDA: DABA (3:2) derived carbon molecular sieve membranes”, J. Membr. Sci.,520 (2016) 699-711 (IF=8.742)

Ÿ  L. Liu, W. Qiu, E. Sanders, C. Ma, W. J. Koros, “Post-combustion carbon dioxide capture via 6FDA/BPDA-DAM hollow fiber membranes at sub-ambient temperatures”, J. Membr. Sci., 510 (2016) 447-454 (IF=8.742)

Ÿ  C. Ma, C. Zhang, Y. Labreche, S. Fu, L. Liu, W. J. Koros, “Thin-skinned intrinsically defect-free asymmetric mono-esterified hollow fiber precursors for crosslinkable polyimide gas separation membranes’, J. Membr. Sci., 493 (2015) 252-262 (IF=8.742)

Ÿ  C. Ma, W. J. Koros, “Effects of hydrocarbon and water impurities on CO2/CH4 separation performance of ester-crosslinked hollow fiber membranes”, J. Membr. Sci., 451 (2014) 1-9 (IF=8.742)

Ÿ  C. Ma, W. J. Koros, “Ester-crosslink able composite hollow fiber membranes for CO2 removal from natural gas”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2013, 52 (31) 10495–10505 (IF=3.720)

Ÿ  C. Ma, W. J. Koros, “High-performance ester-crosslinked hollow fiber membranes for natural gas separations”, J. Membr. Sci., 428 (2013) 251–259 (IF=8.742)